[Dixielandjazz] Benny Carter (was The Big 18)

[Ken Mathieson]

Hi Marek et al,

Recording date is 20 May 1940 in NYC for Decca and the other pieces recorded 
at the session were Night Hop, Pom Pom, and Serenade to a Sarong, all 
written and arranged by Benny Carter. I've also got Night Hop and Pom Pom on 
CD, so I'll investigate those. They are all on the excellent Properbox 4 x 
CD box set "Benny Carter - The Music Master" which covers Carter's career 
from 1931 to 1952.

Cheers,

Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marek Boym" <marekboym at gmail.com>
To: "Ken Mathieson" <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk>
Cc: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>; "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" 
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Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: Benny Carter (was The Big 18)


> Hello Ken,
> When was it recorded?  I don't seem to have it, at least - not on LP.
> Cheers
>
>
>>
>> Benny's arrangement is first class, as you might expect, and very 
>> redolent
>> of the prevailing musical styles, while the band is a cracker, with a 
>> great
>> trumpet solo by Benny's favourite trumpeter, Bill Coleman. The full 
>> line-up
>> was: Bill Coleman, Shad Collins, Russell Smith (tp), Sandy Williams, 
>> Milton
>> Robinson (tb), Carl Frye, George Dorsey (as), Stafford Simon, Sammy Davis
>> (ts), Sonny White (p), Ulysses Livingston (g), Hayes Alvis (b), Keg 
>> Purnell
>> (d). It's just the perfect piece for playing at a Swing Dance Society 
>> gig,
>> so I feel another chart coming on!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ken
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Haesler" 
>> <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>
>> To: "Ken Mathieson" <ken at kenmath.free-online.co.uk>; "Dixieland Jazz 
>> Mailing
>> List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>; "Marek Boym" 
>> <marekboym at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 3:33 AM
>> Subject: Benny Carter (was The Big 18)
>>
>>
>> Ken Mathieson wrote [in part] to Marek:
>>
>>> ...Okay for Baby...associated with Benny Carter? Indeed it was. Benny
>>> wrote and arranged it for a recording by his orchestra for Decca on May 
>>> 20,
>>> 1940... and according to the discography in the biography of Benny 
>>> Carter by
>>> Berger, Berger & Patrick, it was also recorded by Les Brown and others. 
>>> It
>>> was also in the repertoire of Les Brown, but the discography doesn't 
>>> mention
>>> whether Brown ever recorded it.
>>
>>
>> Dear Ken and Marek,
>> This is all I could find for OK For Baby/Okay For Baby by Les Brown:
>>
>> Les Brown And His Orchestra:
>> Bob Higgins, Paul Montgomery, Bob Scarda, Randy Brooks (tp) Kenny Meisel,
>> Dick Noel (tb) Stumpy Brown (b-tb,vcl) Les Brown (cl,as,arr) Steve 
>> Madrick,
>> Hal McKusick (cl,as) Butch Stone (cl,as,bar,vcl) Ted Nash (ts) Eddie 
>> Scherr
>> (sop,ts,bar) Billy Rowland (p) Teddy Walters (g) Bob Leininger (b) Dick
>> Shanahan (d).
>> Spotlight bands broadcast #278, U.S. army base, Miami, Fl, August 10, 
>> 1943
>>    O.K. for baby    Fanfare 30-130
>>
>> plus
>>
>> V Disc session, Army Camp Hospital, New Jersey, late July
>>    Okay for baby   V Disc 305(Army), 85 (Navy)
>> also on Joyce JRCDRG1011 [CD].
>>
>> Very kind regards,
>> Bill.
>>
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